Friday, February 2, 2018, Tallahassee – State lawmakers are constitutionally bound to complete only one task during their annual session each year: Passage of a balanced budget to fund state government spending for the next fiscal year. Both the House and Senate released their separate versions for the first time this week, a week otherwise full of committee meetings, as individual member and proposed committee bills wind their way through public hearings on their path to final consideration on each chamber’s floor.

Wednesday, January 24, 2018, Tallahassee – After an awkward kick-off following a holiday season punctuated by allegations and resignations relating to everything from sexual harassment to generally bad behavior, House and Senate members have now finally been able to turn their focus to doing the people’s work. Now three weeks into their scheduled nine-week session, substantive bills are already moving through committees in both the House and Senate.

Friday, January 19, 2018, Tallahassee – A bill proposing to establish new standards of care and guidelines for the delivery of virtual “Telehealth” services was unanimously approved by the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee Tuesday afternoon. The FCA was the only chiropractic group rising to support the measure, Senate Bill 280, proposed by Sen. Aaron Bean (R-Fernandina Beach).

Friday afternoon, January 12, 2018,Tallahassee – Moments ago, the full Florida House passed their version of a bill proposing to repeal Florida’s decades-old no-fault auto insurance system, seeking to replace it with a new at-fault system requiring drivers carry mandatory bodily injury and property damage coverage. The proposal, HB 19 by Rep. Erin Grall (R-Vero Beach), passed by a vote of 88 to 15 after very little debate.

Friday, January 12, 2018, Tallahassee – Late yesterday the full Florida House advanced their version of a bill proposing to repeal Florida’s decades-old no-fault auto insurance system, seeking to replace it with a new at-fault system requiring drivers carry mandatory bodily injury and property damage coverage. The proposal, HB 19 by Rep. Erin Grall (R-Vero Beach), cleared a procedural hurdle referred to in legislative parlance as “Second Reading.” Under Florida’s constitution, each legislative bill must be “read” a total of three times, the second of which includes the introduction and consideration of amendments, plus the answering of members’ questions. Following that review, the bill is then “rolled” to third reading, meaning it then becomes available for final passage by a roll call vote when the body next meets – most likely, later today.